A Winnipeg man has been charged with masquerading as an RCMP officer during a break-in in West St. Paul early Friday, RCMP say.

Around 2:45 a.m., Mounties were called to a Nye Avenue home in the rural municipality, just north of Winnipeg, after receiving a report of a break-in, RCMP said in a news release.

Officers found the homeowner and two children in a vehicle in her home's driveway.

The woman told police an unknown man fled the residence after she confronted him in a hallway, adding that he was wearing police clothing and had identified himself as a police officer.

The man was wearing a jacket with RCMP embroidery and a baseball cap that said "police" on it, and was carrying two duffel bags, police say.

Selkirk RCMP Insp. Chris Lambert says officers were searching for the man nea

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